why you'd want to - and when you shouldn't There are two main types of IP addresses -- static and dynamic. I'll explain them ...

Static IP addresses are used for shared resources ... public-facing Web servers must have non-changing IP addresses. See dynamic IP address and IP address. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ...

When a computer, smartphone, tablet, printer, scanner, TV or any other network-connected device is turned on for the first time, it is assigned the next available IP address by the DHCP protocol ...